COLIN RUFFELL ARTIST [INTERVIEW]
INTERVIEW WITH COLIN RUFFELL ARTIST “I have been a full-time professional artist for over 50 years. I know … I am amazed as well. But it...
ART as an INVESTMENT
Update based on my article in ‘Art Business Today’ magazine 2010. … I had an email yesterday from someone who said she lived here in the...
PRIVATE VIEW or VERNISSAGE
‘PRIVATE VIEW’ or ‘VERNISSAGE’. These two events are in fact very much the same thing. They can be treasured highlights in an artist’s...
ARTISTS COOPERATIVE SUCCESS
SKYLARK GALLERIES For the last eight years I have been a member of a collaborative group of artists who share the costs and workload of...
ART LOVERS, ARTISTS, and ART TEACHERS
ART LOVERS, COLLECTORS, ARTISTS, CRITICS, and ART TEACHERS... As you can see from the title of this blog there are several groups of...
Another bonfire
A while back I wrote a blog about a bonfire. I said that I was going to destroy some of my artwork. Why? Over many years as a full-time...
COLOUR BLINDNESS
Ishihara test. Can you see a number? What is it? Background. An artist that I know surprised me when he told me that he was colour blind....
PRE-SELLING
PRE-SELLING The process of ‘pre-selling is where the seller offers a product that doesn’t actually exist, yet. That means finding a buyer...
ONE DOOR CLOSES…
We have all experienced regret. Well at least I have. This regret can be triggered by ‘one door closing’. But there is also the value of...
RECORD KEEPING
.... RECORD KEEPING The other day I got an email from a major art dealer in London telling me that they have recently acquired some of my...